HUD's Inspector General
Investigates Mortgage Sales

WASHINGTON -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Inspector General is investigating wide-ranging allegations of wrongdoing involving the agency's multibillion-dollar sale of mortgages.

According to court documents, former HUD Deputy Assistant Secretary Helen Dunlap is among those being investigated, and she has retained private counsel in the form of the high-powered Washington law firm of Williams & Connolly.